St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-11
MINNEAPOLIS THEATERS.
The Announcements for the Week at
the Various Amusement Resorts.
IRISH COMEDY PREVAILS.
Joseph Murphy at the Grand, Murray
& Murphy at the Hennepin---
Other Shows.

Joseph Murphy in his repertoire of
popular plays is to be at the Grand
opera this week. He is pre-em inently
a comedian and not variety farce Ut.
Mr.. Murphy is always a great favorite
in Minneapolis and his advance sale in
eli Gates large engagement. Of his YER
satility much can be said. He possesses
all the grace of the Hiberian and his
plays always portray the honest Irish
man of romance. The repertoire an
nOunced for the weeks enga cement in
cludeS Kerry Cow" a fam iliar play,
written by Fred Marsden and played by
him for over ten years. kerry Cow
will be the bill for Monday
and Tuesday night. Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, "Shawn Rhue"
by the same author will be presented
In this play Mr., Murphy introduces his
successful song "a Handful of Earth.
On Friday and Saturday and at the Sat
utday matinee George Fawcett Rowe's
new play, 'The DOnagh," will be pro-
dgeed for the first time in this city.
''The DOnagh" is a spectacular play.
and panoramic views of the lakes of
Killarney will be introduced. Mr.. Muir
phys company this season is stronger
than ever, and includes Miss Stella
TeutOn, Frank Kilday, E. j. Holland
and others.
|, III. E. Wheeler, the manager of New
ton Beers Lost in London" company,
is in the city arranging for The preSenta-
ton of his star and play at the Grand.
Lost in Loudon" is said to be Won
derfully powerful melOdrama and is
garhished by a powerful ballet and
pretty girls. Lost inLondon'' opens
for three nights only, commencing
Monday, Dec. 10.
The BOstonians (the old Boston Ide-
als), composed of the following well
known artists, Marie Stone, Agnes
Huntington, Camille MuOri, Juliette
Gordon, Mena Cleary, Barnabee. Froth-
ingham, Karl, Miller, Macdonald, and
all the old Minneapolis favOrtes, are an
nOunced as the Christmas attraction at
the Grand. 1.-The POacher" and several
new operas are announced for prOduc-
ton here.
The new drop curtain for the Grand
now being painted by Harvey, will be
hung Christmas week.
HENNEPIN AVENUE THEATER.
Murray & Murphy's Irish Visitors"
who appeared. at the Union Square
theater, New York, at the commence
ment of tine season, and now under the
management of James Hill, are making
a triumphant tour of the West, and will
tomorrow night commence an engage
ment of six nights. with Wednesday and
Saturday matineeS, at the Hennepin.
''Our Irish Visitors" is not drama or
a comedy, or even a farce, but rather
pOtpOurri of fun and absurdIty, songs,
dances, knock-downs with nobody hurt, |
humOr and pathOS, such as is popularity |
supposed to make up the existence of |
hot RI InO
race-the Irish of Ireland. The situa- |
tons are absurd to the last degree; the |
quarTels are frequent and boistrous; the |
songs are musical and the jokes are up |
roariOuS. Those who have witnessed |
.sMuldOon's Picnic' will have a faint |
idea of the character of the fun and the |
''plot'' of the new candidate for public |
favor.
NATIONAL OPERA.
The marked interest already taken in
the approaching seaSsn of grand opera |
in English at the Grand opera house. by |
the National Opera company. promises |
that the opera season here will be an |
immense success. The performances it
is promised, will be far more complete |
and elaborate than any grand opera per-
Torrance given here, even i'll the palm
lest days of Col. Mapleson and Her
Majesty's Opera cOmpgny. The COM
pany numbers $50 persons, and carries
an orchestra of fifty persons. To accom-
modate the latter two rows of orchestra
chairs will have to be removed. The
season here opens OH Thursday, Dec. |
%, with Wagner's grand opera, Tam
hauser." "Faust," with the grand |
bacchanal ballet, will be given on Fri
day The first performance of Gold
marks great opera, The Queen of |
Sheba," will be given at the Saturday |
matinee, and the season will be closed |
on Saturday evening, Dec. "a, with
Wagner's superb opera, "LOhengrin."
The sale of seats here opens at the |
Grand opera house ON Friday, Dec. 16, |
at 9 a. m, and it is expected that there |
will be an immense demand for seats, as |
it is long time since there was the at
traction of grand opera season in this |
city.
The West End Dramatic club will
repeat its very successful rendition of |
Dion Boucicault's comedy, "HOw She |
Loves Him." at Twenty-Seventh Street |
hall next Tuesday evening. The play |
is put on very brilliantly for amateurs. |
After the performance the club gives |
short dance.
BARLEY Campbell's great play, "The
Galley Slave" will be produced at the |
Peoples theater this week with superb |
scenery and an excellent cast. Those |
who have ever seen this play will never |
forget it. and those who have not seen |
it want to. for it is one of BARLEY Camp |
BELLS best.
Barney Baldwin, the man with
broken neck. will be at the Dime mu-
scum all this week. He is a wonder |
and has excited the wonder of medical |
men all over the United States. The |
two theaters will give good perform
ances.